Wyoming

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Colton Lapp, 19, is the first to be charged under a new Wyoming felony poaching law that took effect in July. Could serve 12 years.

Photo courtesy U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

A Native American tribe in Wyoming has been granted a federal permit to kill bald eagles as part of a religious ceremony.

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Here’s your calendar that can serve as the basis for a month-by-month angling plan in the nation’s premier mountain range. Use it as starting point in organizing your own year-long fishing adventure.

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Three Wyoming poachers have been convicted after a look at their trophy buck’s stomach contents proved their guilt. It may…»

Photo by Brandon Ray

I hunted pronghorns for 10 years before I got a crack at a really big one. What I wouldn’t give…»

Often hunters will have to travel deep into the backcountry to pursue mule deer. These western deer are not as tolerant of humans as their eastern cousins.  Photo by Dave Campbell.

Every year thousands of hunters venture west to hunt deer and other big game. Many have made the trip several…»

Matt Christensen is shown using llamas to pack out of the Colorado high country. Photo by ChucknGaleRobbins.com.

As usual, Colorado is expected to win the blue ribbon for Rocky Mountain deer this year. Elsewhere, hunters can expect…»

Several units in Arizona will produce trophy bulls this fall. Photo by Lance Crowther.

This fall is shaping up to be another tremendous year for big bull harvests across the Rocky Mountain States. If…»

Brook trout is the dominant species in the Snowy Range. Of the 75 lakes that have fish in them, 60 have brook trout.  Photo by Mike Gnatkowski.

Salty sweat streamed down my forehead, stinging as it reached my eyes as I hurriedly loaded my gear into the…»

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Three famous rivers — Montana’s Madison, Idaho’s Silver Creek, and Wyoming’s Miracle Mile of the North Platte — easily rank among the best trout fisheries in the West. Here’s how and where to fish them.

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Don’t let Yellowstone National Park’s 3 million visitors spoil your idea of high-elevation trout fishing. There’s a virtual fishing paradise just a short hike away from all those crowds.